State comparison · 2025
Healthcare Social Workers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers in District of Columbia earn a median of $94,100. In Alabama, $60,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $60,000
- p25
- $48,350
- p75
- $65,710
- p10
- $40,020
- p90
- $74,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Healthcare Social Workers
- Median
- $94,100
- p25
- $75,360
- p75
- $107,500
- p10
- $60,970
- p90
- $124,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.